§ Mr. Cassellsasked the Secretary for Mines, having regard to the Dumbreck Colliery disaster, whether he is aware that the procedure at fatal accident inquiries in Scotland is summary and not exhaustive; and whether he is prepared to order a public inquiry by his Department into the whole facts of the said disaster?
§ Captain CrookshankI am advised that the procedure at a fatal accident inquiry374W is such as to require that this accident will be fully investigated to the satisfaction of a jury. I therefore propose to await the result of that inquiry before deciding whether a formal investigation should be held.